After a nodule is found during a physical examination, a referral to an endocrinologist, a thyroidologist or otolaryngologist may occur.
thyroid | Thyroid-stimulating hormone | Thyroid | Root nodule | Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland (lobus pyramidalis glandulae thyroideae) | Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland | Glandular branches of the superior thyroid artery | Glandular branches of the inferior thyroid artery | Cross section though a soybean (''Glycine max'' 'Essex') root nodule. The bacterium, ''Bradyrhizobium | American Thyroid Association |